Weekend Diversion: Animals Being Weird

“Some of them act badly because they’ve had a hard life, or have been mistreated…but, like people, some of them are just jerks. Stop that, Mr. Simpson.” -The Simpsons

Sometimes, it’s good to just take a step back and enjoy something that’s easy. There’s a lot in this world to think about, worry about, learn about, and fight about. So while you enjoy this weekend’s song,

by Malcolm Middleton, I present to you the latest in time-wasting, entertaining, funny animal websites: Animals Being Dicks.

Short, animated gifs of… well, exactly what you might expect. And, as you can see, they range from the relatively harmless, beer-stealing raccoon…

…to the slightly more vicious squirrel…

…to the high-jumping dog that outsmarts the less spry…

…to the more unusual. Who knew what would happen when a ram and a dog got together:

Or when a bird decided to claim his territory at the expense of a turtle?

Unsurprisingly, many of the images there involve humans being attacked. But — as you all know my unabashedly pro-human stance — for the last one I’ll show you, I’ve saved one where a feisty feline gets his well-deserved comeuppance.

So, I’ve wasted a good amount of time on this this weekend, and I hope you find yourselves duly amused. Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you back here for some great science during the week! Read the comments on this post…

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